Jazz Articles about Cecile McLorin Salvant

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Kenny Barron: Songbook

by Pierre Giroux
November 26, 2025

Kenny Barron's offering Songbook is a deeply personal milestone in the pianist's career. Long regarded as one of the most lyrical voices in modern jazz, Barron fulfills a long-held dream by revisiting thirteen of his original compositions, now reimagined with words by lyricist Janice Jarrett and performed by a talented cast of vocalists spanning different generations. Joined by his longtime trio with bassist Kiyoshi Kitagawa and drummer Johnathan Blake, Barron creates an album that effortlessly blends instrumental mastery with vocal ...

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Cecile McLorin Salvant: Oh Snap

by Angelo Leonardi
October 27, 2025

Ogni nuovo disco di Cécile McLorin Salvant è un evento di rilievo ma da qualche anno si aggiungono stimolanti sorprese. Dagli ultimi due album --Ghost Song del 2022 e Mélusine del 2023--la cantante ha sospeso la relazione con il songbook statunitense e il repertorio legato al blues e alle radici, per presentare contenuti e soluzioni inaspettate con vari brani originali. Questo Oh Snap incrementa le nuove scelte. Tutti i temi sono personali, in una riflessione che riallaccia il ...

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Cecile McLorin Salvant: Oh Snap

by Frank Housh
September 28, 2025

It feels like Cecile McLorin Salvant is just showing off. The 2020 MacArthur Genius Grant Award Winner follows up Ghost Song (Nonesuch, 2022) and Mélusine (Nonesuch, 2023) with Oh Snap, a post-genre effort with deeply personal lyrics that sound like they were lifted from the diaries of a rediscovered poet. McLorin recorded Oh Snap alone, learning GarageBand and AutoTune as she went. She said, “I felt I had lost a connection to music because it was something that ...

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Reykjavik Jazz Festival 2025

by Nenad Georgievski
September 26, 2025

Reykjavik Jazz Festival Harpa Concert Hall Reykjavik, IcelandAugust 26-31, 2025 Jazz festivals are rarely just stages and instruments. They are living, breathing ecosystems, a careful weaving together of artists, ideas, and audiences. Each performer brings a unique expression, and each set is curated with an ear for the festival's identity. Financial constraints may exist, but thoughtful curation is what gives a festival its soul. The Reykjavik Jazz Festival is no exception: it's a mosaic of ...

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Cécile McLorin Salvant's Ogresse At Carnegie Hall

by Adam Beaudoin
August 8, 2025

Cécile McLorin Salvant Carnegie Hall Ogresse New York, NY May 21, 2025 The relationship between jazz and classical music has a long, complicated history. Musicians themselves tend to care more about the music than concepts of genre, and you only need to listen to the echoes of French Impressionism in the opening moments of miles Davis' Kind of Blue (Columbia, 1959), or to Art Farmer and Jim Hall's adaptation of Ravel's “Pavane for ...

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Cecile Mclorin Salvant Quartet at SFJAZZ

by Ronald Davis
May 10, 2025

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Cecile McLorin Salvant at Carnegie Hall

by Paul Reynolds
April 2, 2025

Cecile McLorin Salvant Carnegie Hall “With Every Breath I Take" New York City March 27, 2025 “I'm nervous, so these are already a little clammy," announced Cecile McLorin Salvant as she removed her magenta gloves--part of a characteristically soigné outfit--early in her Carnegie Hall concert on Thursday. Jitters are understandable when playing the Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall, the biggest space at arguably the world's most famous venue. ...